That’s not to say we will not review them however, we will do so at a more appropriate time of the year when there are not as many other things going on. Finally, books that are challenged that are in our school library are honestly just going to be less of a priority. “We do have a few books in this category, and this is where we have started. “The second category would be books that are an option for a class,” McLane continued.

As far as I’m aware, we have no books in this category. So, our first priority is a book that has been challenged that is required reading by all students in a class with no alternate options. “We have a limited number of human resources in the district, and I have to prioritize things or the only thing we’ll be doing this year is reading books. “When I look at this, I have to think about the process and procedures while at the same time following board policy,” McLane said at the board meeting. He said there were 25 books being challenged, but later clarified it to be 24 books, since the 25th hadn’t officially been challenged yet.

This prompted Superintendent Ryan McLane to provide an update at the board meeting on Oct. SUNBURY - A book challenge update was given at the most recent Big Walnut Board of Education meeting.Īt a prior board meeting, several members of the public read what they considered to be offensive passages from “Looking for Alaska,” an award-winning novel for young adults that is optional reading for the English honors class at Big Walnut High School.

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